The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places

Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience t...

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1. Verfasser: Peters, F. E. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gavin, C.E.S (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious ritual filled with blessings for the millions who make the journey annually, but it is also a social, political, and commercial experience that for centuries has set in motion a flood of travelers across the world's continents. Whatever its outcome--spiritual enrichment, cultural exchange, financial gain or ruin--the road to Mecca has long been an exhilarating human adventure. By collecting the firsthand accounts of these travelers and shaping their experiences into a richly detailed narrative, F. E. Peters here provides an unparalleled literary history of the central ritual of Islam from its remote pre-Islamic origins to the end of the Hashimite Kingdom of the Hijaz in 1926
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Feb 2021)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (451 pages) 3 maps, 26 halftones
ISBN:9780691225142
DOI:10.1515/9780691225142